Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Michael F. Bennet [D, CO]

Brent Batten: Rubio's words fail to reassure

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...Robert Menendez, D-N.J., The group includes Sen.s Lindsey Graham, R–S.C., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., not shown here. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Reassuring words have a way of not matching up with reality

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Bennet accepted $4,000 travel gift last year

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...twins were 7, shy and scared. Talking was tough and describing what happened nearly impossible.- 11:52 pm WASHINGTON Â Sen. Michael Bennet accepted a $4,216.92 travel gift in 2012, the cost of flying on a private plane to MarthaÂs Vineyard, Mass., las

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Reid, Daschle feud over S.D. Senate

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...to endorse someone to get in, he should be prepared to raise all the money necessary to support them.” Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who chairs the DSCC, would say only this when asked if he would back Weiland in South Dakota: “We are looking at all

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Ex-Senate candidate Ken Buck’s cancer in remission

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...cancer remains out of his body. Buck also thanked his family and the many people who have called or written in support. Buck unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Michael Bennet in the 2010 election. He has been the district attorney in Weld County since 2004.

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Schumer was eager beaver in persecution of conservative groups

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...legislation if the IRS failed to act to fix these problems.’” “The letter was signed by Senators Charles E. Schumer, Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Al Franken. It follows an earlier letter, sent to

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Michelle Nunn Senate Announcement Coming Soon

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. President Barack Obama was the featured guest at the event, with DSCC Chairman Michael Bennet and Executive Director Guy Cecil also in attendance. A DSCC spokesman declined to comment on whether Nunn was prepari

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Obama ‘optimistic’ despite ‘some rough and tumble’ politics

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...in Washington,” and said the GOP-controlled House presented a roadblock to some of his administration’s goals. He praised Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), the DSCC chairman, who introduced Obama at the fundraiser, for not being “ideological” and u

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Despite ‘shortage of common sense’ in D.C., Obama expresses optimism

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...announced earlier this year he would not be seeking re-election. With Chambliss out of the picture for 2014, DSCC Chairman Michael Bennet told the audience that the open seat “presents us with the greatest opportunity for a pickup." "If we get a criti

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Schumer, Democrats Urged IRS to Target Tea Party Groups in 2012

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...Chuck Schumer asked the agency to do that very thing, the Daily Caller reports. Schumer, along with fellow Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Al Franken, contacted the IRS last year requested

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New Laws Aim To Speed Up Processing Of Rape Evidence

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...to hear the story over and over again and we discovered there’s a backlog of 400,000 rape kits in the country,” said Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat representing Colorado in the U.S. Congress. Bennet said federal money earmarked for analyzing rape k

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Flashback: Schumer, Franken urged IRS to target tea party in 2012

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...senators led by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer urged the IRS to do just that. Last year, Schumer, along with Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Al Franken, penned a letter calling on the agency

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10 Questions Obama Must Answer on IRS Scandal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...on “abuse of the tax code by political groups focused on federal election activities”: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO ), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-

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Jim Monaghan, political guru, Anschutz confidant, dead at 66

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...animal," said Bill Myers, who worked under Monaghan. Monaghan's talent was the ability to see things differently, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said. "He was never part of conventional wisdom, which is a value he brought both to politics and Phil Anschutz,"

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Local breweries welcome beer tax elimination

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Brewers Excise and Economic Relief (BEER) Act of 2013 - is co-sponsored by Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), David Vitter (R-La.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.). Udall and Bennet proposed an identical bill in 2011, which was later referred to the Committee on F

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Jim Monaghan, political guru, Anschutz confidant, dead at 66

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

Conservative Colorado Group Claims To Have Been Targeted By The IRS

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...family?” Smith said. Eight months later Smith says his group is still waiting for their tax exempt status. Also, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is defending a letter he and other Democratic lawmakers wrote the IRS last year urging it to scrutinize polit

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The Senate’s rush to immigration reform

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...foreigners who come to the United States to work but do not wish to settle here. The Gang — which includes Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet from the nation’s skiing capital of Colorado — gave one of those breaks to anyone who is “a ski instructor

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Udall introduces bill to cut beer tax

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...brewers from growing their businesses with an outdated excise tax. The bill has the bipartisan support of co-sponsors Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Republican Sens. Roy Blunt of Missouri and David Vitter of Louisiana. Giving a decided nod to Colorad

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Obama lending fundraising muscle to congressional Democrats

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...in California last month . Tickets for Monday’s night’s fundraiser range in cost from $7,500 to $32,400. Both DSCC Chairman Michael Bennet of Colorado and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel of New York are slated to speak at the gathering of approximately 1

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Bill proposes options to repay GI Bill overpayments

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...who were overpaid on their GI Bill benefits would get more time to repay the money under a bill introduced Monday by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. Current procedures require veterans to start paying back the money as soon as an overpayment is discovered.

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